DrTiao Conducts Basic Research on the Effects of Head Injuries

question 71

Multiple Choice

Dr.Tiao conducts basic research on the effects of head injuries on people's problem‑solving and abstract‑reasoning skills.Which psychological specialty does her research best represent?

• A) developmental psychology
• B) biological psychology
• C) industrial-organizational psychology
• D) personality psychology

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Definitions:

Blame-the-victim Dynamic

A social phenomenon where the victim of a crime or harmful act is held entirely or partially at fault for what happened to them.

Other-race Effect

The tendency to more easily recognize faces of the race that one is most familiar with, which is thought to develop during infancy.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut based on the first examples that pop up in one's thoughts when contemplating a particular subject, idea, strategy, or choice.

Explicit Bias

Refers to the attitudes and beliefs we have about a person or group on a conscious level.